§ 9.06. R-4 Multiple-Family Residence District.

1.

Purpose. The R-4 General Residence District is established to provide areas of higher density when located in proximity to the service areas of the city; [and] to encourage the demolition of substandard residential and non-residential structures through greater dwelling unit density, thus increasing the economic use of the land.

2.

Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted:

Any of the uses permitted in the R-3 Multiple-Family Residence District.

Apartment hotels.

3.

Special Uses. The following uses may be allowed by special use permit:

Any use which may be allowed as a special use in the R-3 District.

4.

Off-Street Parking. Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required or permitted in Section 13.00

5.

Minimum Lot Size:

a.

Every one-family detached dwelling hereafter erected shall be located on a lot having an area of not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet and a width at the building line of not less than sixty (60) feet.

b.

All two-family dwellings hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be located on a lot having an area of not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet and a width at the building line of not less than sixty (60) feet.

c.

All structures or building containing three or more dwelling units shall be located on a lot which provides a minimum lot area per dwelling unit as follows:

(1)

Apartments with three or more bedrooms: 2,500 sq. ft.

(2)

Apartments with two bedrooms: 1,500 sq. ft.

(3)

Apartments with one bedroom and efficiency apartments: 1,000 sq. ft.

provided, however, that in no case shall the minimum lot area be less than seven thousand, five hundred (7,500) square feet with a width at the building line of not less than sixty (60) feet.

Existing residential buildings in the R-4 District may be altered to provide for not more than four (4) dwelling units, provided that no existing residential building is altered in such a way as to conflict with or further conflict with, the foregoing requirements.

d.

All non-residential principal uses permitted in this district shall be located on a lot having an area of not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet and a width at the building line of not less than sixty (60) feet.

e.

Minimum lot sizes for special uses shall be prescribed at the time a special use permit is authorized, but in no case shall any such lot be less than six thousand (6,000) square feet.

6.

Yard Areas. No building shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained.

a.

Front Yard. A front yard of not less than twenty (20) feet.

For buildings exceeding twenty-five (25) feet in height, the minimum front yard determined in paragraph a above, shall be increased by one (1) foot for each two (2) feet or fraction thereof by which the building exceeds twenty-five (25) feet, but in no case shall a front yard of more than forty (40) feet be required.

b.

Side Yards. In the R-4 District, the minimum interior side yard requirements for permitted uses shall not be less than those itemized below:

(1)

For one and two-family buildings, the same regulations shall apply as permitted or required in the R-2 Two-Family Residence District.

(2)

For buildings containing three (3) or more dwelling units, interior side yards shall be not less than five (5) feet. If the building height exceeds twenty-five (25) feet, the interior side yard on each side of the building shall equal one-fifth (1/5) the building height; however, buildings fifty (50) feet or more in overall width as projected upon the front lot line shall have side yards not less than 10 percent of the building width or 20 percent of the building height, whichever is greater.

(3)

For one-family row dwellings, the same regulations as paragraph (2) above, except that there may be not less than fifteen (15) feet between adjacent row buildings.

(4)

For permitted non-residential buildings, interior side yards on each side of the building shall not be less than fifteen (15) feet, plus one (1) foot for each two (2) feet by which the building height exceeds fifteen (15) feet.

(5)

For special uses, the interior side yards shall be as specified in the special use permit, but in no case shall the interior side yards be less than those specified for non-residential buildings in paragraph (4) above.

(6)

Minimum Corner Side Yard. In an R-4 District, the minimum corner side yard requirements for permitted uses shall not be less than those itemized below:

(a)

For one and two-family dwellings, the same regulations shall apply as permitted or required in the R-2 Two-Family Residence District.

(b)

For buildings containing three (3) or more dwelling units, ten (10) feet, except that buildings fifty (50) feet or more in overall width, as projected upon the front lot line, shall have corner side yards not less than 15 percent of the building width or 30 percent of the building height, whichever is greater.

(c)

For permitted non-residential uses, twenty-five (25) feet plus one (1) foot for each two (2) feet by which the building height exceeds fifteen (15) feet.

(d)

For special uses, corner side yards shall be as specified in the special use permit, but in no case shall such side yard be less than that specified for non-residential buildings in paragraph (c) above.

c.

Rear Yard. The same regulations shall apply as permitted or required in the R-3 Multiple-Family Residence District.

7.

Maximum Lot Coverage. Not more than thirty-five (35) percent of the lot area may be occupied by buildings and structures, including accessory buildings.

8.

Floor Area Ratio. The maximum floor area ratios shall be as follows:

a.

Permitted Uses:

(1)

One-family dwellings: 0.4.

(2)

Two-family dwellings: 0.5.

(3)

Multiple-family dwellings: 2.0.

(4)

Boarding house, lodging house, rooming house: 2.0.

(5)

Apartment hotels: 2.0.

(6)

Non-residential uses: 1.5.

b.

Special Uses:

(1)

Medical and dental clinics and professional offices for related uses: 1.0. (Ord. of 10-20-69)

(2)

Fraternity and sorority houses: 1.25.

(3)

Hospitals, sanitariums, rest homes and nursing homes: 2.0.

(4)

Professional offices: 1.0. (Ord. of 11-3-69; Ord. No. 61, 11-17-75)

(5)

Nursery schools: 0.8.

(6)

Undertaking establishments, funeral parlors: 1.0.

(7)

Institutions for the aged and for children: 1.0.

(8)

For other special uses, the same floor area ratios as in the E-1 One-Family Residence District.